[Python-Dev] 2.4a2, and @decorators

[Jeremy Hylton]

On Tue, 03 Aug 2004 08:24:46 -0700, Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org> wrote:
> Sigh.  This discussion is going around in pointless circles; we're
> *months* past that point.  You're wasting your time (and mine).

Is there a PEP that summarizes the current state of the decorators
design? One of the goals of PEPs was to prevent design discussions
from going in circles.  Another goal was to keep core developers
abreast of changes without having to read every message on python-dev.

As you mentioned in an earlier email, I think the work on 2.4 would
have been smoother if we had used the PEP process more effectively. 
We never had a decent PEP for the decorator syntax discussion.  PEP
318 describes a particular design choice, but it's weak on rationale. 
There's no PEP that summarizes the various syntax options and the
reason for the eventual choice.

Facundo's PEP for decimal arithmetic (PEP 327) looks like an example
of the right thing.  I haven't followed the work closely, but it looks
like the PEP describes the current state of the design and the
rationale for it.  The generator PEP is in better shape than it used
to be.

Jeremy